I have a 20cm long, 2mm wide, 1mm deep gouge in the Fishscale portion of a cross country ski. How would I repair this scratch? Some have suggested Ptex will just burn into it too aggressively, others say that I would be best just getting a new ski. Any solutions/experience?
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1I had gouges in the bottom of my scales much bigger than that, just clean them up with a knife, and ride on. They're scales, no one wins any races riding scales, if you're going to buy new skis get some waxables. – ShemSeger Aug 28 '15 at 13:46
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Can you actually FEEL the difference between the skies? As ShemSeger said, I have lots more gouges than that and it doesn't really degrade performance. – Clay Nichols Aug 24 '16 at 22:20
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I have heard that you can use Wax to at least "fill" the gouges. Won't be as good as new, but will be a bit better. Remember, Nordic folks did just fine with no fishscales for, what? 100+ years?
